Text Box: TABLE 2: DECLINING INDUSTRIES WITH 100 OR MORE EMPLOYMENT FOR 2002Q2 IN NAICS
             
          Employment Current Quarter   Employment Previous Quarter      
SECTOR SUBSECTOR NAICS1 2002Q1 AWW2             Avg. Decline3
        2002Q2 2001Q2 Decline   2002Q1 2001Q1 Decline    
          N N N %   N N N %   % RANK4
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Forestry and logging 113 $441.77   144 153 -9 -5.9%   158 171 -13 -7.6%   -6.7% 12
Manufacturing Food manufacturing 311 $455.15   572 644 -72 -11.2%   635 823 -188 -22.8%   -17.0% 6
Manufacturing Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 312 $619.87   300 458 -158 -34.5%   279 431 -152 -35.3%   -34.9% 3
Manufacturing Printing and related support activities 323 $408.22   364 410 -46 -11.2%   359 414 -55 -13.3%   -12.3% 9
Manufacturing Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 324 $1,058.83   856 932 -76 -8.2%   843 924 -81 -8.8%   -8.5% 11
Manufacturing Chemical manufacturing 325 $1,149.78   1,687 1,879 -192 -10.2%   1,778 1,944 -166 -8.5%   -9.4% 10
Manufacturing Primary metal manufacturing 331 $493.53   107 170 -63 -37.1%   112 180 -68 -37.8%   -37.4% 2
Manufacturing Electrical equipment and appliance mfg. 335 $666.80   134 244 -110 -45.1%   129 267 -138 -51.7%   -48.4% 1
Manufacturing Furniture and related product manufacturing 337 $407.68   304 321 -17 -5.3%   288 309 -21 -6.8%   -6.1% 13
Retail Trade Nonstore retailers 454 $425.41   1,533 1,622 -89 -5.5%   1,580 1,668 -88 -5.3%   -5.4% 14
Transportation and Warehousing Warehousing and storage 493 $414.72   170 215 -45 -20.9%   174 199 -25 -12.6%   -16.7% 7
Management of Companies and Enterprises Management of companies and enterprises 551 $734.91   653 781 -128 -16.4%   671 822 -151 -18.4%   -17.4% 5
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Amusements, gambling, and recreation 713 $200.84   1,967 2,399 -432 -18.0%   1,608 2,837 -1,229 -43.3%   -30.7% 4
Other Services, Except Public Administration Personal and laundry services 812 $282.87   1,821 2,173 -352 -16.2%   1,711 2,003 -292 -14.6%   -15.4% 8
Total   NA $554.41   10,612 12,401 -1,789 -14.4%   10,325 12,992 -2,667 -20.5%   -17.5% NA
Text Box: 1.  Includes both public and privately owned firms.
2.  The Average Week Wage (AWW) is calculated by dividing the total wage for the industry group by the total number of jobs for the industry group and the number of 
     weeks in the observed quarter.  To give some context to this number, the AWW for all industries in the second quarter of 2002 is $554.41.  The reader should also be 
     aware that,  AWW's at the industry Group Level are susceptible to wage bias due to sample size, occupational distributions, seasonal pay and bonuses, and keying 
     error.
3.  The percentage for Average Decline is defined as:  (percent decline current quarter + percent decline previous quarter)/2.
4.  Rank is based on the magnitude of the percent Average Decline relative to the magnitude of all other declining industries.
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